26 Volume 8 Number 1 February 2011 ISSN 1749-3676 Forthcoming international events 16–19 March 2011 26–28 April 2011 9–12 June 2011 4th World Congress on Women’s Mental II International Symposium on Disorders of World Psychiatric Association Thematic Health – Biological, Psychological and Socio- Consciousness Conference: ‘Re-thinking Quality in cultural Aspects of Women’s Mental Health Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Psychiatry: Education, Research, Prevention, Madrid, Spain Contact: Dr Calixto Machado. 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Guest editorial 20–22 March 2011 com/sghg-Events-en-Jeddah-55.html A revised mental health classification for use in general medical settings: 1st Global Conference Spirituality in the 21st Century: At the Interface of Theory, the ICD11–PHC 1 Practice and Pedagogy David Goldberg Prague, Czech Republic Contact: Dr Rob Fisher Thematic papers – Policy on mental health Email: [email protected] Introduction 3 Website: http://www.inter-disciplinary. net/critical-issues/ethos/spirituality-in-the-21st- David Skuse century/call-for-papers/ Iraq: children’s and adolescents’ mental health under conditions of continuous turmoil 4 21–25 March 2011 AbdulKareem AlObaidi 16th World Congress of the World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry and Contents of the African Journal of Psychiatry (affiliated journal) Depression in primary care: Chile’s Programme for Screening, Diagnosis and XXIX International Symposium of the Volume 13, Number 5, November 2010 Comprehensive Treatment of Depression 6 German Academy of Psychoanalysis Ricardo Araya, Ruben Alvarado and Alberto Minoletti Munich, Germany Guest editorial Organiser: World Association for Dynamic Child and adolescent psychiatry in Africa: luxury or necessity? 329 The new Ghana mental health bill 8 Psychiatry B. Robertson, O. Omigbodun, N. Gaddour Akwasi O. Osei, Mark Roberts and Jim Crabb Email: [email protected] Lecture Website: http://www.wadp-congress.de/con- Possibilities never contemplated: 20 lessons 338 2009-frame.html D. Glencross Country profiles Newsletter Mental health in Uzbekistan 10 29 March–2 April 2011 Board of International Affairs, Pan-African Division quarterly newsletter, Dina Gazizova, Abdulla Mazgutov, Grigoriy Kharabara and Elena Tsoyi International Society of Psychiatric–Mental African International Division, Royal College of Psychiatrists 342 Health Nurses 13th Annual Conference Review articles Mental health in the Dominican Republic 12 Tucson, Arizona, USA Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy in Nigeria: a review 351 Miguel R. Hernández, Tresha Ann Gibbs and Luisa Gautreaux-Subervi Organiser: International Society of Psychiatric– A. Akinsulore, A. 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